Re: [BUG?] SIS IDE DMA errors

[Vojtech Pavlik]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 11:22:28AM +0200, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:

> > 08 - 80-wire cables (needed for UDMA44 and higher) NOT installed.
> >      FIFO threshold set to 3/4 for read and to 1/4 for write.
> >
> > 01 - IDE controller in compatibility mode. Native and test modes
> >      disabled. (normal)
> >
> > e6 - PCI burst enable, EDB R-R pipeline enable, Fast postwrite enable,
> >      device ID masqueraded as sis5513 (although real is 5517)
> >      channels 0 and 1 enabled in normal mode
> >
> > 51 - Postwrite enabled on hda and hdc, prefetch on hda only
> >
> > 00 02 - 512 bytes prefetch size for hda
> > 00 02 - 512 bytes prefetch size for hdc
> >
> > All this is OK, possibly except for the 80-wire cable not being present,
> > but if this is a notebook, there might be a completely different cable
> > type than what's standard, and the detection might not work there.
> 
> I've got no idea what the cable is like.  Is there anything to be
> learned from opening the beast?  Anything in particular to look for?

Not really, sorry.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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